29. Amendment of section 126 of the principal enactment

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

Section 126 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :—

(1)

by the repeal of subsection (1) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following subsection :—

“(1) Unless otherwise prescribed by the

Minister and subject to the provisions of subsections (2) and (3) of section 126A and section 126B, Learners Permit and Regular

Driving Licence issued in respect of motor vehicles —

(a)

belonging to the classes specified in items 4(i), 4(ii), 5, 6(i), 6(ii), 7, 9 and 10

of the Schedule to section 122, shall be valid for a period of four years ;

(b)

belonging to the classes specified in items 1(i), 1(ii), 2, 3 and 8 of the

Schedule to section 122, shall be valid for a period of eight years.”.

(2)

by the addition, immediately after subsection (3)

of that section, of the following subsections which shall have effect as subsections (4) and (5)

thereof :—

“(4) A person who drives a motor vehicle on a road at any time during which his driving licence has been suspended or cancelled or where the period of validity of such licence has expired shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not less than five thousand rupees and not exceeding ten thousand rupees.

(5)

The Minister may make regulations prescribing the period of validity of driving licences issued under this Act for any class or classes of vehicles specified under section 122”.

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